CEDAR CITY – With only four golfers on the team, Cedar High School is setting modest goals in preparation for the future.

The Redmen may lack in numbers, but they are looking to improve in all aspects of the game and have fun while doing so.

Head coach Steve Shirts said having just four golfers on the team is not only difficult for the indivuduals, but it also makes it hard for tournaments.

“We’re a little short-handed,” Shirts said. “We could actually use a couple of more players so we can take a full team to the meets. We have four kids, so we have to count everybody’s score.”

Shirts is not getting down on himself about the small number of golfers; he knows what to do.

“We are really young this year,” Shirts said. “We have a great group of kids. We are going to be building for the future.”

Freshman Jake Jenkins is ready to face the adversity by having fun and improving each day.

“I’d like to shoot an 80,” Jenkins said. “My iron shots (are a strength), but I need to work on my short game, chipping and putting.”

Jenkins also said he would like to win a tournament this year. Junior Kody Glover has more modest goals by saying he wants to beat Canyon View and improve his score.

“My expectations for the team would be that we’d improve for the little group of four that we have,” Glover said. “We’re trying our best; we’ve been working hard and practicing a lot. Our coach works along with the golf pro in Cedar and makes sure that we have practices that we need, and we are working on what we need to.”

Shirts said he thinks the team will improve because of the individuals’ attitudes.

“They don’t get upset,” Shirts said. “Everybody has bad shots, bad holes. They just keep grinding. They don’t get down on themselves. Mentally, they are able to keep it together even though they’re not up with the top golfers of the region right now. They just move to the next hole and go on.”

Shirts said this season has already been a great experience as a coach.

“I’m excited about the four kids we have,” Shirts said. “They are always just a ton of fun. We’ve had a blast. We’ve had so much fun; it’s been one of my best experiences as golf coach.”